Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1887-03-28
SIMPLY A FREEZEOUT.
Henry Carse Receives the Republi-
can Mayoralty Nomination.
How he DOwBed His Competitors in
Convention -KOehler for Clerk,
O,Mara for Attorney, EgglestOn for
Treasurer---The TOwnsh ip Ticket.

It was sn interesting game of freeze
out in which Henry Carse proved to have
the best strikers, that gave him the re-
publican nomination at the hands of the
held at Turner hall Saturday
night. The friends of the other Compel
itors for the empty honor did not desert
them until the candidates whom they
were supporting withdrew from the field,
and gave Carse the inside track in the
race.
The republican city township con-
veution was called to order at
s o'clock by Circuit Clerk E. H. Bow
man, Jr., chairman Of the city township
committee. E. D. Sweeney, ESQ.,, was
elected chairman and F. J. Hodges Sec
rotary. Dr. G. L. Eyster, Howard Wells
and E. H. Guyer were made committee
on credentials, with emphatic instruc>
tions from the chair to see that every
delegation was full" Quincy Mcneil
assisted in seating the delegates. and the
chair announced that there was very inn
portsnt business to transact, (voice in the
gallery-''rats.'0 Up to this time Mr.
Sweeney had graced the stage. but voice
shouted Sweeney get behind the scenes, >
and Sweeney obeyed an descended to
the floor, and the curtain dropped. Dele>
gate Browne acting as stage manager and
scene shlfter. 1t looked as if Cases
chances for collector were to be
nipped in the bud at the outs
set, when a voice shouted II move
that all the baldheaded men be put out
of the house" Il nominate John Flau>
negan for mayor" said some one, but
the motion was not put. In the course of
time, the committee on credentials
through E. H. Guyer, reported list of
forty one delegates. but the chair was
still anxious to know If the delegations
were all "full." He was emphatic on
this point, it being apparently one of the
essential requisites IN republican con-
vention that every delegation should be
full" The committee finely succeed
ed in convincing the chair that the dele
gates were ali full, and that the con-
vention was "full" and then he was
willing to proceed. The chair declared
NOMINATIONS FOR MAYOR
in order, when the youthful statesman of
the Fourth ward, F. P. WEIGH, in a few
well chosen words moved that in present
ing candidates before the convention.
there be no speeches. An amendment
was made TO the effect that speeches
be limited to five minutes, but
WEIGH was DESTROYS of shutting out
all spread eagle gesticulauons and
bursts of eloquence altogether. He
was wise in this and was in the end suc>
cessful in carrying his motion through
Messrs Oliver Olsen, and VIM. Atkinson
were appointed tellers. Nominations be-
ing in order, C. J. Larkin named Aid. W.
B. Ferguson. W. J. Browne put up Ex-
Mayor Henry Carse, Edward Lieoer-
kuecht nominated T. II. Thomas and
Augustana college named W. F. Schroed-
er An
INFORMAL BALLOT
gave Thomas lead-13 votes, Ferguson
H. Carse, II; and Schroeder, 6. In other
words, Carse had the First and Sec
Oni wards, Thomas the Third and
Fourth, Fergeson the Fifth and Sixth and
Schre Ter the Seventh Twenty one votes
were necessary for choice and the chair
ordered the first formal ballot. This
ballot did not effect the preferences
of the wards, the vote standing, Thomas,
IS; Fergeson, II; Carse. II; Schroeder, g.
second ballot resulted in the same man.
ner exactly. On the third ballot, Carse
received 10; Thomas, 70; Ferguson, 70
SchI CIDER. A; the attitude of the
wards being unchanged The fourth
ballot gave Thomas IA, Carse II. Fergu-
son II. Schroeder 4, E. P Reynolds /.
Here the chair announced that the air
was getting SO thick as TO cause COM
plant, and ordered window opened, in
order that fresh air might take the place
of tobacco smoke. On the fifth Thomas
received H. Carse 10, Ferguson IS, the
Seventh ward deserving Schroeder for
Ferguson. CA voice-"McCarthy for
msyor.') The sixth ballot gave Thomas
IA, Carse s and Ferguson IA; the seventh,
Ferguson IS, Thomas IA, Csrse 8; eighth,
Thomas IA. Carse 10, Ferguson II; ninth,
Thomas II, Carse 10. Ferguson II;
tenth, Thomas 10, Carse 10, Ferguson 10
eleventh, Thomas 10. Carse 10, Ferguson
IS; twelfth, Thomas 10, Carse 10. Fergus
son IS; thirteenth, Thomas 10, Carse IA
Ferguson 16; fourteenth, Thomas II
Carse IA, Ferguson II; fifteenth, Thomas
II, Carse 10. Ferguson Is; sixteenth,
Thomas 10. Carse IA, Ferguson IS,
Before the seventies nth ballot, an
Augustana professor skrmished around
among the Seventh ward delegates, and
the result was break on the part of thai
ward from Ferguson to Schroeder, and
the result of the ballot was announced
among mutterings Of disgust and disap
proval thus: Thomas, II, Carse, IA
Ferguson. 10; SchTp Ter. 6. Mr.. Ferguson
then withdrew his name from the conven
ton amid shouts of no." mo,
''stsy there" don't do it," etc. The
Widest EXCL MENT
prevailed when the eighteenth ballot was
taken, with the following result. Thomas